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UB Researchers Develop System to Identify 3D Printer Fingerprints

by Sean Rohringer
Published Oct 17, 2018

A team out of the University at Buffalo has developed PrinTracker, a system that traces 3D prints back to their source machine. Considering the recent 3D printed gun controversy, the arrival of the technique seems timely.